Well, as someone who got chased around Hyde Park by the Queen's geese outside Kensington Palace, I'm inclined to say that it was because I didn't understand them. I may have been doing the one thing to provoke but had no idea I was doing it.
I volunteered last May at the bird facility at a animal sanctuary, Best Friends Animal Society. The birds ranged from peafowl, geese, swans, ducks, parrots, cockatiels, doves, ravens, with a roaming band of wild turkeys, to keep things interesting. They have chickens from time to time, but they have always ended up getting adopted.
The one thing that struck me is how far outside the mammalian matrix, these animals are, which is why we don't "get" them. The handlers worked magic with these birds. So it is possible. Me they saw coming a mile away and weren't going to let me off so easy.
Having spent a couple afternoons with them was good for me. I grew to care a lot about them. I was sorry they had lost their persons, were abused or misunderstood, just like their counterparts outside the sanctuary.
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I volunteered last May at the bird facility at a animal sanctuary, Best Friends Animal Society. The birds ranged from peafowl, geese, swans, ducks, parrots, cockatiels, doves, ravens, with a roaming band of wild turkeys, to keep things interesting. They have chickens from time to time, but they have always ended up getting adopted.
The one thing that struck me is how far outside the mammalian matrix, these animals are, which is why we don't "get" them. The handlers worked magic with these birds. So it is possible. Me they saw coming a mile away and weren't going to let me off so easy.
Having spent a couple afternoons with them was good for me. I grew to care a lot about them. I was sorry they had lost their persons, were abused or misunderstood, just like their counterparts outside the sanctuary.